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Australia Sevens call upon 21-year-old centre who played the British & Irish Lions

Jarrah McLeod of the First Nations & Pasifika (L) runs at Garry Ringrose of the British and Irish Lions during the tour match between First Nations & Pasifika v British & Irish Lions at Marvel Stadium on July 22, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

ACT Brumbies centre Jarrah McLeod has been called into the Australian Men’s Sevens squad for this weekend’s HSBC SVNS World Series in Perth.

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McLeod’s inclusion comes after Dietrich Roache was ruled out this weekend’s tournament due to a hamstring injury suffered in Singapore.

McLeod, 21, has arrived in Perth to join his new teammates ahead of Australia’s hosting of the tournament on Saturday and Sunday.

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Hailing from Nowra, the former Australia U20s signed a two-year contract with the Brumbies in July last year after previously juggling a labouring job and the sport.

He was a surprise inclusion in the First Nations & Pasifika XV team during the British & Irish Lions World Tour, where he excelled with a stirring performance.

A dual-code athlete before moving to Canberra, McLeod is a proud Yuin man who pulled on the First Nations jersey as part of the Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team’s debut in the Pacific.

Australia Men’s Sevens coach Liam Barry said: “We welcome Jarrah into the squad and appreciate Stephen Larkham and the Brumbies for his release at a critical time in their pre-season.

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“We have had Jarrah in our Coral Coast 7’s team before and have watched his progress carefully, it’s great to have him here in Perth with us.”

The Australian Men’s side will hold a training session on Thursday morning AWST before wrapping up preparations for HSBC SVNS Perth on Friday.

HSBC SVNS WORLD SERIES PERTH SCHEDULE

AUSTRALIA WOMEN
Saturday February 7: Australia v Great Britain (11:36am AWST/2:36pm AEDT)
Saturday February 7: Australia v France (2:42pm AWST/5:42pm AEDT)
Saturday February 7: Australia v Canada (5:58pm AWST/8:58pm AEDT)
Sunday February 8: SVNS Finals Day

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Saturday February 7: Australia v New Zealand (1:04pm AWST/4:04pm AEDT)
Saturday February 7: Australia v France (4:20pm AWST/7:20pm AEDT)
Saturday February 7: Australia v Great Britain (7:36pm AWST/10:36pm AEDT)
Sunday February 8: SVNS Finals Day

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JW 8 minutes ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

I just see too many problems with your choices sorry. Contestable kicks a 50/50 lottery with a higher chance of reward. Yes the would probably have been better out so a winger could chase and keep them a bit more pinned, but then it also plays into their defensive strength (straight to them), were as he you saw the pick go into space with the winger having to race from his position on the sideline.

A lineout would also have been 50/50 as well, true, but I just don’t think they would have had any prep for that (and they would have a box play) so chose correctly (what they had trained for). They could have easily got it to the 22 though, so If the did win the lineout and have thought that would have been a better platform than a scrappy kick receipt.



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JW 25 minutes ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

Yup. They took the right action, the problem is only as presented in this article, poor player selection (Rassie would have done anything to have been able to switch Dmac onto the field for that 10 min period) and choices to not take Taylor and Parker out of the game (what would have been required to bring Sami on).

The All Blacks got a good result from that play (England stuffed up and turned the ball over), but it was unfortunate to have the ball bounce more into center field (and not be regathered by an AB, yes), but it could have been a better kick, more to the wing, but what do we expect from Beauden? Nearly a 50m kick from memory.



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Kashmir Pete 42 minutes ago
'Expect the unexpected' - Ireland v France big match preview part one

Nick

I don’t know if you recall inquiring, long ago, about both my non de plume and a book i was in course of writing? The book topic ultimately changed, but is now - as of this week - selfpublished under pseudonym “Kashmir Pete” (with a little explanation of where “KP” comes from)…let me know if I might be so bold as to put the title here ??? - can be purchased worldwide almost any bookshop. Cheers



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cw 47 minutes ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

The point is that Razor, apparently the core problem, has been removed! The debate about that has moved on or more accurately its time to move on from that debate

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Over the sideline 52 minutes ago
Ian Foster is not the answer while NZR need to decide the fate of seven All Blacks

Agree.

Naholo was in some sort of form too. A real shame he got injured.



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GS 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

So you put a high ball in the middle of the field when you have 14 men defending, which then means you need to defend both sides of the field vs kick to the corner, throw to the prop, and, worst case, lose the lineout and England would box kick it back to you.

Or attempt the penalty kick - waste 1 minute of YC, and worst case, keep it dead and then receive the ball back via 22.



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cw 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

Fair points but what is so tiresome with GP is that he is in constant repeat mode and utterly unbalanced in his assessment.

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JS 1 hour ago
Ian Foster is not the answer while NZR need to decide the fate of seven All Blacks

Leicester wasn’t available for France series and Naholo injured. Simon Parker, Leroy Carter, Proctor were given ample opportunities whilst Reece/Ioane/Blackadder phased out. Love having played a couple of games v France, could have been trusted against Aussie and Scotland. Razor’s team need to own that failure. We would now know whether he is an international quality fb, 10 or impact player off the bench. Looks the Bb and Dmac will be the 10/15 against the boks with Mounga having less than 4 tests this year on the end of year tour. Will see how the trajectory looks in 12 months

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GS 1 hour ago
Ian Foster is not the answer while NZR need to decide the fate of seven All Blacks

TJ having a better career than GP - now that’s an interesting statement, along with some of the many you have made.

But hey, let’s keep our hopes up that NZ will give SR a kick, grow professional rugby by another what, 3 or 4 teams - yeah, let’s go live in LaLa land, where balance sheets don’t exist.



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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?



Let’s recall what the ABs did - they took a tap, ran the ball into the teeth of English defence and then with only 14 men Barrett put up a high ball - which England promptly took.

Why on earth would you do this when you are a man down in defence and potentially allow England to run the ball back at you?



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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

I know what you mean. Nick Bishop had an article where this was glossed over with all sorts of basic conclusions.

Lets watch history repeat.



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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

Might take longer than a few months to turn on the next coach lol

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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

Dmac and Mounga are two of the best 10s in the world, and they could be surpassed in the ABs this year.

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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

He can continue as an AB and keep racking up tries of course, but he probably isn’t your guy for a big game anymore.

At least not if things are otherwise working in the backline.. Him and Tele’a, and Mo’unga to a lesser extent, are great hit and hope game winners. Ideally you don’t need them.



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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

I think it’s understood he is the best at prepping the side, running training. So he can stay in the group still.

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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

No way. You’re the All Blacks. You address the problems or allow the rot to grow.

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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

People can hate on Razor all they like, but everyone is in agreement he made some shocking decisions. Calling out what led to those circumstances you raise is not hating.

Roigard also relinquished the kicking in the first half (to Jordan) right? So he always was left to remain on the field while obviously injured (I can’t recall any repercussions to that decision though).



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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Ian Foster is not the answer while NZR need to decide the fate of seven All Blacks

Except for Mounga, Razor had every other option you mentioned, available to him. He chose a different path. That was his fail.

Yes we could lose 5 next year. We WOULD lose 5 with Razor, so at least we now MIGHT lose less.



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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

Not sure BB went in with an injury, but they said Roigard went in with a tweak. Just so many calamitous decisions made by somebody, Beauden, Razor, Hansen, Ryan, over the last two years. Good luck getting down to the actual bottom of those.

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JW 1 hour ago
Can the All Blacks navigate their way past old enemies to win the World Cup?

Well said. It was just the hooker problem extrapolated (not wanting to give Sami the whole half), Dmac is supposed to be his prize finisher, some who can take advantage of tiring players.

It’s such a weird headspace he must have been in. Like I’ve said before, I’m not a Crusader supporter as such, so I’ve never analyzed such circumstances with them (and therefor Razor), but I’d be amazed if head ever made such similar decisions before he’d spent time in the top All Black job. 20min in a test and you’re running hot, have the chance to put the opposition on and essentially lock the game away, and he trips on such an easy call.



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